Device for treating the hair



Sept 5, 1939. w. A. HAMBRICK, JR

DEVICE FOR TREATING THE HAIR Filed May ll, 1938 may@ 'INYENTURn 5U T HQMBRICKJR. Eg j HTTRNEHTE- Patented Sept. 5, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DEVICE FOR TREATING THE HAIR Application May 11, 1938, Serial No. 207,400

2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in a device for treating the hair.

The principal object of this invention is t0 produce a device wherein hot or Warm oil may be applied to the hair in a manner which is efficient, sanitary, and easily applied.

A further object is to produce a device wherein the temperature of the oil may be readily regulated so as to produce various effects through the application of the heated oil.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Fig. l designates the improved device, a portion thereof being broken away to show the interior thereof,

Fig. 2 is an elevation of a control mechanism including a rheostat for the heating of the oil carried by the container shown in Fig. l.

In beauty culture it is common to apply hot oils to the hair and scalp for various purposes. In some cases it is necessary to use the oil to overcome excessive dryness in the hair and to yet preserve the natural or artificial wave in the hair. In other cases it is desirous to apply the hot oil in such a manner that the wave in the hair will be destroyed. However, with the use of the present apparatus it is possible to accomplish either of these purposes.

In the accompanying drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designates an outlet box which is secured to any suitable support and has an electrical connection 6 linked to a source of electrical control connected to and operable by a rheostat and through the actuation of knob I which permits this current to be regulated through the wires 8 to a heating element 9, located in the receptacle I I, which is hung by a bail I2 from a suitable support I3. Within the upper part of the receptacle I place a body of oil I4, which receives heat from the heating element 9. The heated oil I4 may be conducted through a nipple IS and thence through a flexible pipe I'I which is in turn connected to the handle I8 of the comb, designated as a whole by the numeral I9. This comb has a passage 2I therethrough which communicates with a chamber 22, which is in turn connected by a pipe 23 through a valve member 26. The valve is shown at 26 and serves to regulate the ow of oil from the pipe I'I to the pipe 23, and thence to the teeth of the comb I9. It is apparent that the passage 2| communicates with the space between the teeth of the comb. Also, positioned in the comb is a heating coil 2'I which is electrically connected by the cable 28 with the wires 8. It might be here stated that the heating element 2l and the heating element 9 are arranged in series.

From this description it will be apparent that when oil is placed in the receptacle II and the .10 current is turned on through the operation of the knob "I, the two heating elements will function. rI'he heating element 9 will heat the oil body I4 which will iiow through the pipe I1; and when the valve 25 is depressed, this oil will ow to 15 the teeth of the comb. At the same time that the comb is being heated, the oil is also heated; and by controlling the rheostat, the degree of temperature may be readily controlled.

It is to be understood that the form of my 20 invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes relative to the material, size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of 25 the invention of the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a device of the class described, a fluid receptable, an electrical heating element positioned in sai-d receptacle, rheostat means for controlling the flow of current through said heating elen ment, a comb associated with said receptacle and connected thereto through a exible pipemeans for controlling the flow of fluid from said re- 35 ceptacle to said comb, said means embodying a spring controlled valve mounted in the handle of the comb and capable of controlling the fluid flow from said receptacle, and a heating element positioned in said comb and connected in series with the heating element in said receptacle.

2. In a device of the class described, a fluid containing receptacle, a fluid distributing comb cooperating with said receptacle and connected thereto by means of a exible pipe, means for 45 controlling the ow of fluid from said receptacle to the comb, said means including a hollow handle having a spring controlled valve arranged in one en-d thereof, heating elements carried by said receptacle and the comb, and a rheostat con nected in series with said heating elements to cause the fluid to be heated in the receptacle and to also be heated in the discharge section of the comb.

WILLIAM A. HAMBRICK, JR. 

